Kyoto

Kajitsu's Rite of Spring

Ancient vegan traditions in Midtown

New York's Sake Culture Is the Best Outside of Japan

Tim Sullivan is one of the most prolific sake lovers in New York. His blog, Urban Sake, is an encyclopedia of sake knowledge, with tastings notes on hundreds of bottles and a comprehensive glossary of Japanese terms -- Sullivan was named a "Sake Samurai" by Japan's Sake Brewers Association back in 2 ... More >>

100 Reasons to Eat and Drink Downtown Today (and Tomorrow, and the Day After That)

Last week, we did a lot of reporting on restaurants operating in the dark, doing whatever they could to provide light and food to those who needed it. We checked in on our review restaurants, both of which happened to be in blackout zones, and found one had stayed open all week, while the other floo ... More >>

The Story of Futomaki

The futomaki at Ootoya comes disguised like a birthday present. [See More Featured: 10 Best Incredibly Cheap Eats in New York | 10 Best Ice Creams in NYC] Futomaki is a type of sushi that looks like a regular maki roll blown up with a bicycle pump, but still retaining its perfect cylindrical conf ... More >>

Where Should I Eat for Dine In Brooklyn?

The homemade tofu at Hibino Tanya T asks: I'm just hearing about Brooklyn restaurant week. Can you give me some recommendations maybe a little off the beaten track that won't be mobbed?

The Blogroll Gazette: Shamrock Shakes, Fungi Fixation

This week in food blogs ...Gothamist celebrated the return of McDonald's Shamrock Shake. Serious Eats took us on a photo tour of street-fair food in Kyoto. Huffington Post Food explained how to pick a restaurant for each astrological sign.

Chuko, Tabata, and Ramen Misoya: Let's Go Bowling

A slurp through three new ramen joints

Robert Sietsema at Bhim's Café and Lali Guras; Lauren Shockey at Sa Aming Nayon

This week in the Voice, Robert Sietsema treks out to Queens' Little Himalayas for momos and other Nepalese stables at Bhim's Café and Lali Guras. Lauren Shockey welcomes Filipino food back to the East Village at Sa Aming Nayon.​ Sam Sifton awards a star each to Palm and Palm Too: "Palm is fo ... More >>

Noh Drama and Eiko and Koma Travel Slowly Into Dreams

Japan pervades two dance performances

Our 10 Best SoHo Eats

Sarah DiGregorioStuff your belly with these clam bellies from Ed's Lobster Bar​SoHo might automatically come to mind as a place filled with throngs of slow-moving tourists and not populated with tasty treats, but the neighborhood spanning from Houston to Canal Streets and Lafayette to Sixth Av ... More >>

Modernism Highlights the Frank Lloyd Wrights of Gingerbread House Making

ModernismGingerbread House by Charlie​ Gingerbread house season has come and gone, with some winners and many, many failures. But two edible houses are worth a final glimpse--the just announced finalists in Modernism magazine's contest, which judged entries based upon "how true to modernist ... More >>

Sharon Van Etten Playing Bowery Ballroom In January

​Politely acidic Brooklyn folkie Sharon Van Etten is a burgeoning SOTC obsession -- her intoxicating sophomore album, Epic, is a killer if you're in a particularly emotionally vulnerable mood. (YIMBY'd closing track "Love More" especially.) She hasn't played around here lately, alas, denying u ... More >>

Our 10 Most Challenging Dishes in NYC

​A stew at Island of Taiwan incorporates pig bung and blood, a match made in heaven. When it comes to dining, we each have our own comfort zones. Some avidly down handfuls of Sichuan peppercorns, relishing the burn, while others consume animal glands of the earthiest and most arcane sort as i ... More >>

Bill Clinton: Restaurant Ambassador; Michelin Suspiciously Favors Japan

​Forget the Michelin guide. For many restaurants around the world, the most impressive claim they can make is that Bill Clinton once ate there. [NY Times] A man in Michigan is suing Heinz for stealing his idea for dippable ketchup packets. Heinz, of course, says the suit has not merit. [Diner ... More >>

Best of NYC: Our Critics List Their 10 Favorite Dishes

Robert Sietsema, Sarah DeGregorio, and Rebecca Marx recap their respective years in food

Coffee for the Very Patient: 18-Hour Slow-Drip 'Kyoto' Coffee

Oliver StrandThe creature Strand discovered​ Earlier today saw instant-gratification coffee delivered to the masses via an Italian espresso maestro handing out shots at Lincoln Center. Downtown, they make you wait: At month-old Caffetteria SoHo, Blue Bottle Coffee vets brew coffee at room ... More >>

This Week in the Voice: Siren Fest and The Fake Retirement of Ted Leo

​Every summer, Coney Island gets taken over for a Saturday by a mass of incredible music, and the mass of fans who hop on the F or the Q to get to one of the furthest edges of Brooklyn to hear them. The best part? It's free, and it's ours: The Siren Fest is here again. This year's headliner? Mod-r ... More >>

Robert Sietsema at Momokawa; Sarah DiGregorio at Má Pêche

This week in the Voice, Robert Sietsema samples the "venerable micro-cuisine" of Kyoto at Momokawa, while Sarah DiGregorio heads to Má Pêche, where chef Tien Ho "is doing some remarkable cooking," but the room kinda sucks. Sam Sifton also files on Má Pêche today: "The food is not quite as preci ... More >>

Momokawa Shares the Taste of Kyoto With Manhattan

It's the townhouse of raw firefly squid

Arnold Odermatt at Swiss Institute; Laurent Millet at Robert Mann; Darren Almond at Matthew Marks

Tetsuya Akikawa's Saikyo Miso from Zenkichi

Zenkichi's most popular dish: Saikyo miso-marinated black cod​Zenkichi, that labyrinthine Japanese brasserie in Williamsburg, is still struggling to get approval for a liquor license for a second location on the Bowery. It has even urged patrons to send letters to the community board voicing t ... More >>

The Selection of Obanzai One Evening at Hibino in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn

​Every evening there are three obanzai at Hibino (click on picure to enlarge) The obscurely located Hibino is a restaurant that features the cuisine of the Japanese city of Kyoto, once the capital of the country. The menu offers several types of hako-sushi, a variety that's pressed in a box t ... More >>

At Hibino, Start the Presses!

Hako sushi and obanzai are the story in Cobble Hill

The $4.25 Iced Coffee: Blue Bottle's 'Burg Debut

​ Behind these unassuming doors, does greatness lie? Wednesday was a benchmark moment for this city. In the great tradition of going to ridiculous lengths for pretty pedestrian things -- like waiting an hour just to score a $5 burger, or the blood sport of making reservations for a $30 burger ... More >>

Cookbook Tester: Japanese Hot Pots

Salmon hot pot--made with arctic char​ One of the only good things about summer's passing is the arrival of soup season. Just in time, Japanese Hot Pots: Comforting One-Pot Meals by Matsuri chef Tadashi Ono and writer Harris Salat comes out a week from today. Japanese hot pot, or nabemono, ... More >>

Snackshots: Valentine Tasting Menu at Zenkichi

Yes dear reader, we summoned our courage and braved the Valentine's Day dining scene this past weekend. And while the blogs are on the hunt for V day horror stories, we had quite a nice dinner at Zenkichi (77 North 6th Street) in Williamsburg, a lovely little izakaya serving delicate bites in indivi ... More >>

Double Exposure: William Eggleston and Enrique Metinides

Buckle up for some curious photo road trips

Best of the New York Film Fest's Nagisa Oshima Tribute

The radical who left his will on film

Searching For Substance Over Style At This Year's Korean Film Fest

From Hilary Duff to Hoosiers

Behind the Scenes Umami-Fest with Chef Kunio Tokuoka

Sean Graney's The 4th Graders Present an Unnamed Love-Suicide

Are We There Yeti?

Very strange combination of cuisines flourishes in Sunnyside

Big on Japan

Now that he's fled eastward, NYC hip-hop won't have B-Money to kick around anymore

Morning Report 11/16/05
Bush Speaks the Truth!

Bombing Backdrop: The G8 Summit

Jihadists Appear to Confound Colonialist Confab

New Japanese Dance: Technically Dazzling, and Not Immune to Western Ways

Don't Give a Hoot. Don't Say, 'Pollute.'

Cold Comfort

Rain of terror: Post–9-11 eco-disaster special indicts Dick Cheney, promotes Fox News

Fringe Dancers Pour Their Hearts Into International Styles

A Foreign Affair

America in the Spotlight (and the Crosshairs) at the Whitney

Film

A Rumi of One’s Own

Novelist Pico Iyer Navigates the Spirit Level

The Climes They Are A-Changin'

The Indisputable Science of Global Warming

Make Noise Not War

A Peace Movement Grows in New York and Beyond

The Empire Strikes Back

War vs. Peace: Novelists and Essayists Tell the 'Voice' Where They Stand

Magnificent Obsessions

Trading Gas

Polluters Fight Global Warming—and Government Regulation—With a New Market in Emissions Credits

No Sleep for the Wicked

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